Reuters
Published: October 7, 1989
U-TAPAO, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 7—
Two Burmese students who hijacked an airliner to
dramatize human rights abuses in their homeland surrendered to the Thai
security forces Saturday after a nine-hour standoff.
The students freed all 83 passengers and crew
unharmed after releasing a list of political demands for the Burmese
military Government.
It was not immediately known what convinced the
hijackers to end the ordeal but earlier they had asked Thai authorities
to let them publish their demands, which included release of political
prisoners in Myanmar, formerly Burma.
They two hijacked the airliner on Friday on a flight
from Mergui to the Burmese capital, Yangon, formerly Rangoon. The
plane, a Fokker 28, was diverted to U-Tapao, a military base 80 miles
southeast of Bangkok on the Gulf of Thailand, where the hijackers freed
33 of the 83 passengers, then threatened to blow the plane up unless
their demands were met.
They demanded that Myanmar's Government, which took
power 13 months ago, release all political prisoners, send all troops
back to barracks and lift a nationwide overnight curfew.
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http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/07/world/two-burmese-hijack-plane-then-surrender.html
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